führer

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way a nation that has suffered under the yoke of one führer after another, never knowing the freedoms of a democracy Synonyms caesar, dictator, despot (or fuehrer), oppressor, pharaoh, strongman, tyrannizer, tyrantRelated Words autarch, autocrat, monocrat; authoritarian, Big Brother, paramount, potentate, totalitarian; caudillo, overlord, warlord; boss, captain, chief, dominator, kingpin, leader, master, overlord, ruler; king, lord, monarch, prince, queen, sovereign (also sovran); baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), magnate, mogul, tycoon; disciplinarian, discipliner, enforcer, martinet, taskmaster